#9C8E29#9C8E29

#9C8E29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E29
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.58, -6.38, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.58, 52.97, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.023 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7846, 26.5751, 5.9741)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E29 #29379C

analogous

#9C5429 #9C8E29 #709C29

triadic

#9C8E29 #299C8E #8E299C

tetradic

#9C8E29 #299C54 #29379C #9C2970

square

#9C8E29 #299C54 #29379C #9C2970

split-complementary

#9C8E29 #29709C #54299C

monochromatic

#3B3610 #6C621C #9C8E29 #CBB938 #D7CA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E29

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E29	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6a',
    500: '#9c8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e29;
$custom-light: #bdae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E29

secondary

#636EBE

accent

#59E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E29

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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